An early lead and collecting more hits than the opponent unfortunately did not translate to a win in the season opener for the Kearney County First Bank Seniors as they were downed by Bermis 11-7 on May 30 at Ollie Bjorklund Field in Minden. First Bank scored two in the bottom of the first when singles by Ethan Riley, Marshall Chasek and Jake Kuehn and an error off the bat of Ben Edgecombe plated Riley and Chasek. FB would not score again until the sixth. Meanwhile, Bermis scored three in the top of the third, one in the fourth and five in its half of the sixth to take a 9-2 lead.